A study of COVID anxiety, spiritual well-being and resilience levels in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in the south of Iran

Table 4 The correlation between the variables of resilience, spiritual well-being, and COVID anxiety and the demographic characteristics of the participating patients

Qualitative variables	Resilience			Spiritual well-being			COVID anxiety
Qualitative variables	M	SD	P	M	SD	P	M	SD	P
Gender
Female	59.16	24.90	< 0.001*	71.55	8.22	< 0.001*	14.38	11.75	< 0.001*
Male	39.31	24.78	< 0.001*	66.01	10.21	< 0.001*	18.21	9.54	< 0.001*
Education
Semi-literate	44.75	24.98	0.714**	69.85	10.08	0.643**	18.90	12.94	0.264**
Some high-school	53.44	24.45		69.06	8.47		16.04	9.14
High-school diploma	47.71	29.23		69.21	8.02		16.92	9.77
More than high-school	55.4	23.80		73.10	15.96		12	8.61
Marital status
Single	56.07	26.84	0.235*	66.69	19.35	0.608	18.38	15.79	0.151*
Married	40.11	26.14	0.235*	69.91	7.89	0.608	16.82	9.89	0.151*
Job
Home maker	58.06	25.28	< 0.001**	65.9	10.63	< 0.001**	14.68	11.65	0.255**
Employee	64.50	27.59		65	3.55		12.5	10.75
Self-employed	68.33	22.94		65.04	6.24		11.33	9.71
Retired	36.36	23.22		72.5	8.03		18.41	9.09
Unemployed	64.77	23.92		64.77	6.15		16.77	15.54
History of infection with COVID-19
Positive	58.45	24.38	< 0.001*	67.66	11.24	0.006*	13.86	10.74	< 0.001*
Negative	32.4	21.67	< 0.001*	71.8	5.81	0.006*	20.29	9.14	< 0.001*

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